# Is a bigger laptop screen size better?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bigger-laptop-screen-size-better/603562>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bigger-laptop-screen-size-better/603562 "2011-11-20T18:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-bigger-laptop-screen-size-better/603562/21 "2011-11-21T15:35:32Z")

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I bought a 13.3" Asus a couple years back precisely because it was the largest-size laptop that fits inside my vintage leather briefcase alongside lots of other stuff I need daily all over town. I feel the 13-incher is perfect, being much bigger than mini-laptops but way more petite and handy than regular ones. Now that I have a 17" Asus as a home laptop, I see average-size laptops are nowhere near as portable as the smaller ones are, be it for size or weight.

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